Putty-knife



(No Model.)

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PUTTY KNIFE.

No. 310,682. Patented Jan. 13, 1885.

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CHARLES IVES, OF CLINTON, NEW YORK.

PUTTY-KNEFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,682, dated January13, 1885.

Application filed July 19, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Ivns, of the village of Clinton, in thecounty of Oneida and State of New York, and a citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Putty-Knife; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,and to the letters and figures marked thereon.

My invention and improvement relates to a novel and useful putty-knife,hereinafter more fully described, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my improvedputty-knife. Fig. 2 represents a front view of the same, with the hammerextended. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section shown at line y in Fig. 2.Fig. at represents a perspective View of the blade of my improvedputtyknife. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section view of the handleof my improved putty-knife, with the hammer taken at line 96 x inFig. 1. Fig. 6 represents a longitudinal section View of the handle ofmy improved putty-knife, with the hammer extended. Fig. 7 represents aperspective view of the hammer.

Having described my invention with reference to the figures, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, I will now proceed to describeit by reference to the letters marked thereon, in which similar lettersrefer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

(t represents a handle in which the blade is inserted so as to be heldrigidly.

1) represents a steel blade of the required width, length, andthickness, provided with a shank which is inserted and held rigidly inthe handle.

I) represents a right-angled lip, projecting from the side of the blade,which extends from near the shank to within about one and onehalf inchof the point, and is turned at right angles from the surface of theblade, the upper portion graduated from the handle toward the point,where the same is constructed substantially parallel to the point of theblade.

b represents another right-angled project ing surface on the side andparallel to the blade on the outer edge of this right-angled projection12, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4.

(No model.)

Each of these projections are about onehalf of an inch in width, withthe edges nearest to thehandle turned off and the front end cut parallelto the broad end of the blade and from one to two inches from theextremity of the same.

A represents a sliding hammer in the handle of the knife, adapted to beextended by means of a slot and screw.

(2 represents a slot in the shank of the hammer, adapted to receive theset-screwy, and to permit the hammer to be extended, when desired, byloosening and tightening the same.

f represents a screw for extending, contracting, or holding the hammerin the desired po sition.

9 represents the recess in the end of the handle.

The distance of the right-angled lip and projections b and Z) from thepoint of the blade may be increased or diminished without i11- terferingwith the usefulness of my invention.

By the use of my improved putty-knife the operator is enabled todispense with other implements, and can more readily and easily insertglass, place putty on the frame to hold the glass, or remove the samethan by any other implement now known or in use.

Operation: Then the operator desires to use the hammer, he loosens screwf and extends the hammer until in the required position, where it isheld in place by tightening such screw. To remove putty from the sash orframe, the blade I) is used in the ordinary way, or the lips Z) and bcan be used, the latter by placing the blade Z) against the sash orframe to which the putty is attached, so as to bring the lips I) and Z)at such an angle against the putty as by crowding the knife forward toremove the same. The cutting-surfaces 011 each can be used in theordinary way.

In placing putty on the sash or frame the blade b or the lips I) and bcan be used, as the operator wishes, and the lips form a rest for thehand or fingers of the operator while spreading the putty.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1.The herein-described p utty-knife,having a handle and a blade insertedtherein, provided upon-one side of the same with a pro jecting lipformed withtwo right-angled bends with a suitable device for extendingor con 1 7 combined and arranged as described, as and tracting the sameand holding the same rigidfor the purposes stated. ly in position,combined and arranged as de- 2. Dhe herein-described putty-knife,havingscribed, as and for the purposes stated. 5 a handle, a blade insertedtherein, provided upon one side of the same with a projecting CHARLESIVES lip formed with two right-angled bends, a Witnesses: hammer capableof longitudinal adjustment DANIEL MOGUOKEN,

inserted in the opposite end of the handle, A "EDWARD H. WELLS.

